Bats & Brews Benefit

Thank you for supporting the Bats & Brews Benefit!

Seatuck’s 15th annual Bats & Brews Benefit was held on the wooded grounds of the historic Scully Estate in Islip on Saturday, October 19th. This year’s fundraiser featured craft beer from Long Island’s best breweries, an expert spider lecture, live music, beer-friendly food from local restaurants, and more. We are extremely grateful to all who attended this year’s one-of-a-kind event and to all of our supporters.

Details about the 2025 Bats & Brews Benefit will be announced in late 2025.

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The Bats (...actually the spiders this year!)

Bat presentations are at the heart of Seatuck’s unique Bats & Brews Benefit – in fact, the fundraiser grew out of a bat presentation that was part of a monthly lecture series in 2009. However, after 14 years of wonderfully educational and entertaining bat presentations, we have decided to mix it up and start occasionally featuring lectures on other Halloween-themed wildlife. So this year, we’re switching to … spiders!

Our 2024 lecturer, Mr. Joe Arguelles, is a comparative biology Ph.D. student in the American Museum of Natural History’s Richard Gilder Graduate School (where many of our past bat presenters were also studying!).

His research focuses on understanding the molecular drivers of the incredible mechanical properties of spider silks. He also studies the evolution of “prey capture systems” (silk, venom, and vision) in active hunting spiders, and how these genes have changed in response to the loss of web-spinning behavior.

Joe’s presentation at Bats & Brews will focus on both spider silk and vision! It promises to be as fascinating as our great run of bat lectures!

The Brews

Bats & Brews features craft beer from Long Island breweries, as well as from breweries based in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Hudson Valley. Seatuck is proud to support and promote these local companies and encourage their use of locally sourced ingredients and sustainable practices. Participating breweries include the following:

THANK YOU to Islip Cold Beer for the generous donation of Ice & Storage!

The Band

They’re back!!! We are excited to welcome The Decoys back as our entertainment at this year’s event. They’ll be playing your favorite covers all night long – be sure to wear your dancing shoes. Come for the beer, stay for the band!

The Bistro

To compliment the dozens of craft beers you’ll be tasting, a variety of restaurants generously provide a large sampling of their delicacies. You will enjoy fresh oysters, warm French Raclette, a grazing table and many other delicious beer-friendly foods from local purveyors, including (but not limited to) the following: